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100			_aMalay, Joshua and Fairholm, Matthew R. _922072
245			_aHow ideological divides serve to limit bureaucratic autonomy: A case study of the BLM
260			_aAmerican Review of Public Administration
300			_a50(4-5), May-Jul: p.375-386
520			_aThe main question this article seeks to address is how the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) bureaucratic autonomy is affected by deep ideological divides over public lands management policy. Daniel Carpenter’s theory of bureaucratic autonomy serves to provide the definition and method for evaluating the research question. The case study identifies that the bureaucratic autonomy afforded the BLM is intrinsically bound to interest group politics. There exists little room for initiative not supported by specific interests. Actions required by the multiple use mandate, but not supported by interests, will be suppressed. But, of greater interest in understanding the BLM, once support shifts for an initiative, all previous action is undone or at least mitigated to a point of inconsequence. Hence, limited bureaucratic autonomy is afforded either way, as the multiple use requirement will not satisfy all parties and does not allow the BLM to ignore other potential uses of the public lands. - Reproduced
650			_a Bureaucratic legitimacy, Interest group politics, Bureaucratic autonomy, Administrative discretion, Bureau of land management, Public lands management _920144
773			_aAmerican Review of Public Administration
906			_aBUREAUCRATIC LEGITIMACY
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